Plaza divide

Delaware North has also embraced all of the state's requirements, from instituting educational programs for schoolchildren to placing a full-time interpretive manager on staff who developed the interpretive program now delivered through the state park. For our neighboring merchants, we have been diligently working to attract tourist traffic, despite the restaurant closures during the needed restorations.

Plaza del Pasado provides employment to 250 area residents, including several mariachi bands. For the record, it is still a great destination for margaritas, but now you can also enjoy absinthe in a historic saloon setting as well.

Delaware North will continue to work with local shop and restaurant owners while investing in the park's infrastructure to bring San Diegans not only an enjoyable place to visit, but a reminder of how far this city has come and a living testament to the grit and determination of its ancestors who made it possible.